Example sentences for: legitimized

How can you use “legitimized” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The emperor at Kyoto — still seconded by a Fujiwara regent at court — legitimized a Minamoto who was himself a military dictator controlled by a Hojo regent.

  • Cortés was well received because he was thought to be Quetzalcoatl and the conquest of the Aztecs by the Spaniards was legitimized.

  • Its single accomplishment--if it can be called such--is that it legitimized the stand-up comedian as sitcom star: from Roseanne to Seinfeld to Ellen .

  • Cosell apparently legitimized the habit for millions of Americans; from a recent issue of a San Francisco weekly newspaper:

  • What makes the situation different in Amsterdam in modern times is that the industry has been legitimized and regulated in an attempt to curb the most disturbing facets of exploitation and in order to address health concerns.


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